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GROGBRS DISH. No. 551,899. Patented Deo. 24,1895.

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GRooBR's DISH. No. 551,899. Patented Dec. 24.,v 1895.

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GROGBRS DISH.

No. 551,899. Patented Deo. 24, 1895.

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W. M. VKUUMRD 99095199 DISH.

l No, 551,999. Patented Dec. 24, 1895.

ANDREW B GRAHAM PHOTO-LITHQWASHINGTONDC UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

-WILL M. KINNARD, OF DAYTON, OHIO, ASSIGNOR TO THE CARTER-OBTIMECOMPANY, OF NIAGARA FALLS, NEW YORK.

GROCERS DISH.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 551,899, dated December24, 1895.

Application filed January l0, 1895. Serial No. 534,466. (No model.)

T all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that l, WILL M. KINNARD, a citizen of the United States,residing at Dayton, in the county of Montgomery and State of Ohio, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Grocers Dishes, of whichthe following is a full, clear, and exact description, reference beinghad to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification'.

My invention relates to vessels or dishes for use by grocers andstorekeepers in the sale of butter, lard, pickles, sirup, berries, andthe like, which are known in the trade as grocers butter-dishes. Dishesfor such purposes which have hitherto been made of veneer, paper, orother suitable material have been manufactured in substantially threedifferent ways: first, out of pulp, the

dishes being molded in suitable forms second, out of blanks stamped orpressed into proper shape between dies; third, out of blanks cut andbent to form the sides, the ends being lapped over each other andsecured by glue, staples, tin strips, or otherwise. To meet the demandsand to be a commercial success, such dishes should be exceedingly cheapto manufacture, as they are intended to be given away bythe grocer withthe article sold. They should be water-tight, as semiliquids are oftento be delivered therein, and while light of weight they should be ofsufficient strength and durability to retain their shape under ordinaryuses, and they should be of smooth finish both ins-ide and Y out, sothat butter, lard, and the like can be easily and readily removed, andso that they will nest together to take up the smallest amount ofstorage room.

Pulp dishes for grocers purposes have not come' into extended use,chiefly because of the great comparative cost of production and the manydiiiiculties attendant upon their successful manufacture. Presseddishes, it is found, will not retain their shape in ordinary uses, butvery soon flatten out or warp. Moreover, the surplus of the blank whichresults in the pressing of the sides is with difiiculty disposed of,either in corrugating the sides of the dish or by overlapping. In eithercase the interior of the dish is not smooth and the action of the diesis very apt to be uneven and to tear or weaken the structure.

Hitherto dishes of the third class above referred to made from blankscut and bent into shape with the overlapping parts fastened withstaples, glue, or otherwise have met with the most commercial success,as they are cheap to manufacture and are durable and strong enough forthe uses to which they are to be put and they do not lose their shape orflatten out in use as do the pressed dishes. The overlapping of theparts however in this class of dishes leaves rough seams on the innersurface of the dish, and such dishes are far from water-tight. Moreoverin dishes'of this description, especially in the larger sizes, suchheavy material has to be employed that it often breaks at the bends. Itis to overcome these defects in dishes of this character now in use, andto combine the advantages of the pulp dish as to smoothness of finish,the pressed dish as` to water-tightness, and the cut-blank dish as todurability and cheapness of manufacture that my invention is directed.

It consists essentially in forming the dish of two superimposed pliableblanks cut so that when brought up in shape the edges of the cut-outportions of at least one of the blanks will meet but not overlap.

In the drawings, Figure l is a plan view of the two blanks from whichthe dish is constructed, the blanks being joined for convenience inmanufacture. Figs. 2 and 3 are perspective views of the blanks inprocess of folding. Fig. 4 is a perspective view of the paper dishcomplete. Fig. 5 is a central longitudinal section, and Fig. 6 is acentral crosssection, of the dish. Fig. 7 is a plan view of a modiedform of the blanks.

Paper, cardboard, veneer, or any suitable material is cut in any of thewell-known ways from a sheet of such material to form two blanks A andB, the outline or what is to form the upper edge of the completed dishbeing substantially similar in each blank. Vhile in the drawings Iillustrate a single blank, I speak of two blanks, because it will bevery evident that it will make no difference in the structure whetherthe blanks A IOO and B are divided at the line a or are merely scored atthat line. For convenience in manufacture I prefer not to separate thetwo blanks, and have therefore illustrated them as one with the scoredline a to indicate the point of union. The blanks are cut from the sheeton the heavy lines, as shown in Fig. l, and are preferably scored on thelines b c d e on blank A and on the lines f, g, h, and i of blank B.This scoring, however, is not essential, as the bringing together of theedges of the gores forms the dish even without the scoring. Glue or anysuitable adhesive substance is then spread along the edges and acrossthe corners of what is to be the inner surface of the inner blank, asindicated at Z Z in Fig. l. Blank A is then folded over onto blank B, asshown in Fig. 2, on the line of jointure of the two blanks a. The sidesand ends are then folded up, as shown in Fig. 3, the cut edges m n inone blank and the cut edges o p in the other blank being broughttogether so as to forni a neat joint and the two blanks taking theirfinished shape without compression by bending or folding in a former ordie and then being secured along the glued portions l. It will benoticed when this is done that the lines of jointure of each blank willnot register with each other, but that the joints in either of theblanks will lie along the surface of the other blank, so that aperfectly water-tight dish is formed. Vhen thus put together, a dishsuch as is shown in Fig. 4 is the result, perfectly smooth both insideand out, and having the appearance of a dish of but a single thicknessof material.

It is not essential in carrying out my invention that gores should becut in' both of the blanks, as a perfectly-smooth inside finish can beobtained without forming gores in the outside blank, but merely cuttingslits there-A in, as shown in Fig. 7. Vhen the dish is formed from ablank of this nature, the sides or ends of the outside blank willoverlap and a dish not quite so neat in appearance would be the result.In giving form to the dish it will be noticed that both blanks must bebrought to shape simultaneously,because otherwise there would be no wayof holding or securing together the edges of the blank or blanks inwhich the gores are cut. Vhere the edges of the gores are to be merelyjoined, the other blank must serve as a surface upon which to join them.

It will be evident that the shape of the dish will depend upon the shapeof the blanks and the amount of material cut away between the, edgesthat are to be joined. The larger the gores the steeper the sides of thedish will be. Of course therefore a great variety of shapes can be made,without in any way departing from the spirit of my invention. All thatis essential is that the two blanks, when placed together, shall be ofsubstantially the same size, so that one will fit within the other, andso that the gores of one of the blanks will not fall on or register withthe gores of the other when there is to be no overlappin g either on theinside or outside of the dish.

I have described the folding over of blank A upon blank B to form thedish, blank A thus becoming the inner blank. Of course it will bereadily seen that blank B can be made the inner blank, and that it makesno difference in the invention which of the blanks becomes the outer orwhich the inner surface of the dish.

While my invention is particularly applicable to vessels made of paper,any thin material, such as wood veneer or the like, can also be used,and I do not wish to limit myself to the use of any particular material.

It will be further noticed that the glue or other adhesive material isapplied to the inner surface of the inner blank. It is preferable tothus apply the glue, because as the blanks are folded up to form thedish the contact of the outer blank with this glued surface tends to rubthe glue away from the inner seam. Were the glue applied to the otherblank, as the edges 'm and 'n were brought together, it would tend tosqueeze the glue up between the inner seams. In bending the blanks intoshape it will be seen that only the corner ears on each blank slide oneach other, so that it is desirable that the rubbing or sliding of thecorner pieces should carry the glue away from the inner seams and nottoward them.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secureby Letters Pat' ent, is-

1. As a new article of manufacture, a dish made from a plurality ofsuperimposed blanks with gores cut from at least one thereof, blankstaking their finished shape without compression and the edges of thegores of atleast one blank meeting but not overlapping.

2. As a new article of manufacture, a dish made from a plurality ofsuperimposed blanks with gores cut therefrom, the blanks takingtheirfinished shape without compression and the edges of the gores ofeach blank meeting lbut not overlapping, and the joints of the gores notregistering.

3. As a new article of manufacture, a dish made from a single blankfolded on itself to form a double thickness, gores being cut in one ofthe blanks so that when the edges of the gores are brought together informing the dish these edges will meet but not overlap.

1i. As a new article of manufacture, a dish made from a single blankfolded on itself to form a double thickness,'different gores in eachhalf blank being cut out, so that when the edges of the gores arebrought together to form the dish, these edges will meet but notoverlap, and so that the joints of the gores will not register.

5. In a dish, the combination, of an outer and an inner superimposedblank, different gores in each of which are cut out, the edges of thegores of each blank being joined to form the sides, though not tooverlap and the IOO IIO

blanks taking their finished shape without compression, substantially asshown and described.

6. In a dish, the combination of a plurality of blanks with sections cutfrom at least one thereof, 'the edges of the gores of which meet but donot overlap, with proper adhesive material along the edges of the blanksto secure the two together and the blanks taking their finished shapewithout compression, substantially as shown and described.

7. In a dish, the combination of a plurality of blanks with differentsections cut therefrom, the blanks taking their nished shape withoutcompression, the edges of the gores of each blank meeting but notoverlapping, and the joints of the gores not registering, with properadhesive material along the edges of the blanks to secure the twotogether substantially as shown and described.

S. A new process of making dishes which consists in cutting gores in oneof two similar blanks placing one blank upon the other so that theirouter edges substantially coincide and then simultaneously bending bothblanks toV shape without compression, joining the edges of the gorestogether and gluing the two blanks together, substantially as shown anddescribed.

9. A new process of making dishes, which consists in cutting gores atproper places in each of two similar blanks, placing one blank upon theother so that the gores do not register, and then simultaneously joiningthe edges of the gores in each blank by bending without compression andgluing the two blanks together, substantially as shown and described.

10. Anew process of making dishes, which consists in cutting gores atproper places in each of two similar blanks, placing one blank upon theother so that the gores do not register, and then simultaneou slyjoining the edges of the gores in each blank by bending withoutcompression and gluing the two blanks together, the-glue being firstapplied to the inner surface of the inner blank, substantially as shownand described.

WILL M. KINNARD. Vitnesses:

'W. S. MCCONNAUGHEY, A. W. LowREY.

